Tornado Watch 36

Issued

Apr 8, 2015, 3:37 PM CDT (20:37 UTC)

Expired

Apr 8, 2015, 11:17 PM CDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

3 in

Strongest gust expected

65 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

70%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

40%

Ten or more severe wind reports

80%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

40%

Ten or more severe hail reports

90%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

50%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

95%

• Mesoscale Discussion 234Apr 8, 2:21 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 240Apr 8, 5:31 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 244Apr 8, 7:45 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 082040
SEL6  
SPC WW 082040
KSZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-090500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 36
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
340 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS
  WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA
  NORTHWEST TEXAS

* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 340 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT
  CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE
  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL
    EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES WEST OF CLINTON
OKLAHOMA TO 45 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF BARTLESVILLE OKLAHOMA. 
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 33...WW 34...WW 35...

DISCUSSION...TSTMS/SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ENE ACROSS WW AREA
THROUGH LATE EVE AS CONVERGENCE AND ASCENT FOCUS INVOF DEVELOPING
SRN KS SFC WAVE AND ASSOCIATED STNRY FRONT. MORE ISOLD STORMS
EXPECTED TO FORM SSWWD ALONG TRAILING DRY LINE. TORNADO THREAT MAY
INCREASE AFTER SUNSET AS SSWLY LLJ STRENGTHENS IN RESPONSE TO BOTH
DIURNAL CYCLE AND CONTINUE ENE MOVEMENT OF SWRN U.S. UPR LVL SPEED
MAX.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.


...CORFIDI

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.